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Causes of the Revolution

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  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Required colonists to pay a tax, represented by stamps, on any kind of paper.
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre

    Seven british soldiers kill five, wound six colonists.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    American political & mercantile protest.Colonists threw tea into the harbor. "No taxation w/ out representation."
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Four laws put in place by Britain to punish Massachusetts colony for Boston Tea Party.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    47 page pamphlet created by Thomas Paine to persuade colonies to try to break away from Britain.